What does acute malnutrition look like for a child?
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3rd Annual March Madness for MANA
Our friend, John Howard Hassmann, is kicking off his 3rd annual "March Madness for MANA" basketball pool! Last year, he raised $800 for us and this year he is shooting for over $1500 (basketball pun intended). John Howard is awesome. And he is 13. You...
MANA partners with BIC Bands for National Peanut Month!
This month, we're very excited to be partnering with BIC Bands, a company that makes non-slip headbands so you can focus on your workout and not your headband! BIC Bands chooses a new charity each month to support with the sale of every headband and we're...
Help Luke…Stop SAM!
We're so proud of our friend Luke Mysse and his family for leaving all of the comforts of home behind to spread the word about severe acute malnutrition and the miracle of RUTF. Follow Luke's journey, here! Article via Old Towne Orange Plaza Review....
A World Food Day for All World Views
"While it fails to make most of our calendars, every October the world selects a day to recognize the importance of food, and they call it World Food Day. This year's is today, and it comes in the midst of a political climate where we...
Good Spread Peanut Butter BOGO Sales Boost Food Donation to World Vision for Malnourished Children in Chad
SOURCE World Vision U.S. ● Total of 33,000 packets of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) provided by Good Spread Buy-One-Give-One campaign ● Private Good Spread donor and MANA Nutrition match almost triples the donation ● Provides 8-week treatment for nearly 600 children with severe acute malnutrition Seattle, WA (October 16,...
Double your money for World Vision: We did it!
Dear friends & supporters of MANA, Thank you so much for contributing to our matching campaign! In just two weeks, you helped us raise over $10,000! All of your contributions were matched dollar for dollar and will go to our friends at World Vision in the form of...
Double your money for World Vision: We’re halfway there!
Thank you so much for helping us reach the halfway mark in our $10k Matching Campaign! In just a few days, you have helped us raise over $6,000! All of your contributions are matched dollar for dollar and will go to our friends at World Vision in...
Double your money for World Vision!
Dear friends & supporters of MANA, What a journey we've been on! Many of you reading this have been involved with MANA before we even had a story to tell, when making fortified peanut butter was just a dream we had. Thank you for being there...
Translating early warning into early action
Photo: R.Redmond/UNHCR Despite early warning systems like FEWS NET, why does it take a full blown crisis for funding to finally come in? "No one can say they did not see last year’s food crisis in East Africa coming; there was almost a year of increasingly strong warnings,...
Spotlight on SAM: Concern Worldwide, Valid International, and CMAM
Photo: Niger, Concern Worldwide Tom Arnold, the CEO of Concern Worldwide, holds that "Everybody - as a basic human right - has a right to food. The right to food is as basic as life itself." This belief drove Concern Worldwide, along with Valid International, to...
WFP: How Solving Hunger Builds a More Secure World
The World Food Programme argues that hunger is the world's most solvable problem and that it will ultimately build a more secure world. These leaders agree. US President Barack Obama “Reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security-and that includes the national security of the...